![]() ![]() As tensions rise, challenging her shielded heart, the woman called Burning Sky must find a new courage-the courage to again risk embracing the blessings the Almighty wants to bestow. Willa is a woman caught between two worlds. ![]() Can she follow Tames-His-Horse back to the People now that she is no longer Burning Sky? And what about Neil MacGregor, the kind and loyal botanist who does not fit into in her plan for a solitary life, yet is now helping her revive her farm? In the aftermath of the Revolutionary War, strong feelings against “savages” abound in the nearby village of Shiloh, leaving Willa’s safety unsure. When her Mohawk brother arrives and questions her place in the white world, the cultural divide blurs Willa’s vision. ![]() Feeling obliged to nurse his injuries, the two quickly find much has changed during her twelve-year absence-her childhood home is in disrepair, her missing parents are rumored to be Tories, and the young Richard Waring she once admired is now grown into a man twisted by the horrors of war and claiming ownership of the Obenchain land. At the boundary of her father’s property, Willa discovers a wounded Scotsman lying in her path.
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![]() ![]() Whatever begins to exist has a cause for its coming into being.ģ. Christians have many arguments for God, but the kalam has become increasingly popular because it is straightforward, easy-to-remember, and modern physics affirms one of its crucial premises (note: the argument doesn’t depend on science, but the latest science strongly affirms it.)ġ. One of his favorite arguments, on which he wrote his doctoral dissertation, is the kalam cosmological argument. (You can watch many of them online through his excellent Reasonable Faith website.)ĭuring these debates, Craig has a very short time to make a clear and compelling case for God. The PhD theologian and philosopher travels around the country giving lectures, but he’s best known for his public debates with well-known atheists and skeptics. William Lane Craig is one of the sharpest Christian apologists today, especially on issues surrounding God’s existence, Jesus’ Resurrection, and objective morality. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The storybook Bible that has captured the hearts of millions of readers young and old has been written, illustrated, and formatted with shared reading time in mind. 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In my effort to catch up on my reading, I made the time for Laruen Groff’s book. I want to believe that I am normal in that regard that I receive books as gifts, and then never get around to reading them… for like a decade. I got Arcadia as a Christmas gift back in 2015, and then never read it. ![]() I’m writing this now, but it might change.) ![]() ![]() Against the uneasy backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, Elsa M. ![]() ![]() Such ideas take centre stage in Deborah Levy's disorientating new novel August Blue (2023). Goldin’s uncanny mirror images ask questions of our identities, be they the personas we inhabit on and off stage the gendered identities we perform or any of the multiple identities we assume as a simple condition of being a person in this world. ![]() In art, the motif is memorably realized in the hazy dressing room photographs of Nan Goldin, whose subjects stare into mottled mirrors while adding finishing touches to their makeup. A myriad of mysterious doubles populates the works of director David Lynch from Laura Palmer’s dark-haired cousin Maddy Ferguson in Twin Peaks (1990), to Betty and Diane in Mulholland Drive (2001) and the doubling of Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). Jekyll in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1866). The monster is the gruesome double of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Edward Hyde is the cruel alter ego of Dr. Doppelgangers and their counterparts – doubles, split personalities, evil twins – have stalked popular works of fiction and art since the Romantic period. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it mattered not that the result had brought Jocelyn MacCallum to Lairig Dubh as the laird's wife. It mattered not that he had suffered for his misjudgement. It mattered not that Athdar had been young and tended towards brash acts. The half-Norse, half-Scottish natural son of the Earl of Orkney did not suffer fools easily and at some time in the past, before even her birth, Athdar had done something very foolish and her father would never let it go. And bothered was not something she, or anyone, wanted her father to be. Just mentioning his name usually caused her father to look extremely bothered. If she showed her interest in Athdar, word would make it back to her father and then trouble would begin. Isobel wanted to show her excitement much as Cora did, but she held back. 'Will he be here for the evening meal, do you think?' Cora asked, watching her closely for her reply. 'He is leaving to return home,' she said. Still, he was a fine-looking man to gaze upon. From the decisive way he walked, looking neither right nor left, he had business with the laird and would not be slowed from his task. She turned to see who her friend was watching.Īthdar MacCallum, brother of the laird's wife Joc-elyn, strode through the yard, heading for the keep. Her friend Cora rarely took notice of the opposite sex, so this was something different, something special. ![]() ![]() ![]() The excited whisper drew Isobel's attention. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mara, Mara-are you awake? Do you understand me? We're here because your family says that you have agreed to residential treatment at the Horizons Residential Treatment Center for Behavioral Health on No Name Island, Florida, just off No Name Key. My name is Deborah Kells, and this is Mr. Video transcript time: 2:13 p.m.īy KELLS: Hello, Mara. THE EXAMINATION OF MARA DYER WAS TAKEN ON at the Horizons Residential Treatment Center for Behavioral Health. Here's the excerpt from The Retribution of Mara Dyer. ![]() I am thrilled to share with you the first, never-before-seen Chapter 1 excerpt from The Retribution of Mara Dyer. ![]() After months of theorizing, guessing … reaching for possible explanations, I can tell you that I'm counting down the days toward the finale's release on Nov. ![]() One minute my skin prickled with chilling anticipation, the next, its clever dialogue had me grinning widely and next, the romance between Mara and Noah had me hoping that they would finally find answers … finally find a happily ever after.įinishing book two, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, left me wide-eyed and slack-jawed in a cliffhanger that wouldn't let go. This haunting, heart-pounding, harrowing dark thriller of a series is penned in a way that ensnares the senses and consumes the mind. I devoured the first two books of the Mara Dyer series by USA TODAY and New York Times bestselling author Michelle Hodkin and was left desperate for more, longing for the trilogy's final book, The Retribution of Mara Dyer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() because she's already done all the wrong ones!Įxcept. She can tell herself all the right things to do. ![]() Once Devi gets over the shock-and convinces her younger self that she isn't some wacko-she realizes that she's been given an awesome gift. Not even her stupid cell phone-she dropped it in the mall fountain. and now that Bryan has broken up with her, she has nothing left. Devi let her friendships fade, blew off studying, didn't join any clubs. She wasted the past three years going out with Bryan-cute, adorable, break-your-heart Bryan. Who better to take advice from than your future self? This hilarious novel from the author of Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have), Don't Even Think About It, and the Magic in Manhattan series is sweet, entertaining, and all-too-relatable.ĭevi's life isn't turning out at all like she wanted. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks to a sponsorship deal in the early eighties Button was able to dedicate one of his helicopters solely to rescues. The hilly terrain of Wellington means that helicopters are often used for building and arboriculture work due to the difficulty of site access, which meant that the pilots at Capital Helicopters were particularly skilled in precision flying, and thus suited to rescue work. ![]() He was a witness of the sinking of the inter-island ferry TEV Wahine in 1968, and is thought to have had the idea of a rescue helicopter service as a result of this experience. Peter Thomas Button OBE QGM (9 October 1929 – 20 November 1987) was a pioneering rescue helicopter pilot in Wellington, New Zealand.īutton established the firm Capital Helicopters in 1975 and made his aircraft available for use in emergencies. ![]() |